2013 MWSA Awards
2013 MWSA Award Winners
Author of the Year - Bob Doerr
President's Award - Maria Edwards
Founder's Award - Death in the Baltic by Cathryn Prince
HistoricaL Fiction
Gold Medal - Chosin File by Dale Dye
Dog Solidier Moon by Mike McKendree LongIII
Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green
Silver Medal - Solo Vietnam by Jeanette Vaughan
For God and Country by Mark Bowlin
Tullykillane, 1943 by David Andrew Westwood
Pass in Review Honor by Brain Utermahlen
Bronze Medal - The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis by Elle Thornton
Hamfist Down by George Nolly
Thriller/Mystery
Gold Medal -The Renagades by Tom Young
Silver Medal - Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor by G. Galdorisi & D. Couch
Bronze Medal - The Rendition by Albert Ashforth
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Gold Medal - The Donors by Jeffrey Wilson
Romance
Silver Medal - Navy Rules by Geri Krotow
Literary Fiction
Gold Medal - Flashes of War by Katey Schultz
Silver Medal - CIB - Combat Infantryman Badge by Wilbur (Bill)Rambow
Bronze Medal - A Quest for Skye by John Rothdiener
Short Story Collection
Gold Medal -Tying Up Water & Other Stories by R. MacKenzie & M. Todd
Silver Medal - My Corps: Short Stories & Reflections by Z. Rackovitch
HistoryGold Medal - George 3-7th Marines by James Nicholson
Silver Medal - The Bad Boy Bert Hall by Blaine Pardoe
Blackhorse Riders by Philip Keith
Memoir
Gold Medal - My Special Force by H.S. Means
Silver Medal - Thirty Days with My Father by Christal Presley
Bronze Medal - Love at First Flight by Captain Stewart Orr & Fran Orr
Back to Vietnam: Tours of the Heart by R.B. Logan & E. Heart
Sketches of a Black Cat by Ron & Howard Miner
Biography
Gold Medal - Still Having Fun by Candace George Thompson
Life on a $5 Bet by Linda Swink & Maj. Gen'l E.J. Mechenbier
Silver Medal - My True Course by Suzanne Simon Dietz
Bronze Medal - Silas Soule by Thomas Bensing
Reference
Gold Medal - Zarbul Masalha by Edward Zellem
How-to/Business
Bronze Medal - Get Rich in a Niche by J.W. Bennett
Insider's Guide to Security Clearances by J.W. Bennett
Creative Non-Fiction
Silver Medal - Letters to Logan by Debra Bastian
Bronze Medal - The Night Sky by Maria Sutton
Humor
Silver Medal - Rapscallion Summer by David Michealson
Spiritual/Religious
Gold Medal - Stories of Faith & Courage from the Vietnam War
by Larkin Spivey
Stories of Faith & Courage from the Home Front
by Jocelyn Green
Silver Medal - Listen for the Whispers by Kim Kluxen Meredith
Graphical
Bronze Medal - Code Word: Geronimo by Dale Dye, Julia Dye, & G. Kissell
Poetry
Gold Medal - Pass The Salt Doc by Mike Mullins & jim greenwald
Wishing for Rain by jim greenwald
Silver Medal - Mitakuye Oyasin by jim greenwald
Children Ages 12 and Under
Gold Medal - Haysoos the Honu by Kristin Barnes
Silver Medal - Pickysaurus Mac by Sandra Miller Linhart
Bronze Medal - Spanky a Soldier's Son by Sue LaNeve
Lion's Pride: A Tail of Deployment by Grace Anne Remey
Young Adult
Gold Medal - Butterfly Dust by Nubby Grumpins (David Michaelson)
Backcountry Fury by Tom Zeiss
Silver Medal - Famous Dogs by Pat McGrath Avery
Bronze Medal - Grand Slam Grooming Dogs Speak Out by Pat McGrath Avery
Audio Book
Silver Medal - USERNAME by Joyce Faulkner, Performed by Mike Mullins